8. R. A.-B. E. P. Q. No. 141 Issued March 1940 
United States Department of Agriculture 
BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY AND PLANT QUARANTINE 
SERVICE AND REGULATORY ANNOUNCEMENTS 
OCTOBER-DECEMBER 1939 
CONTENTS 
Page 
Quarantine and other official announcements. 131 
Announcements relating to fruit and vegetable quarantine (No. 56) ,__ J31 
Instructions to collectors of customs (T. D. 50011) 131 
Administrative instructions; conditions governing the entry of cipollini from Morocco (B. E. 
P. Q. 504) . --- — 132 
Announcements relating to gypsy moth and brown-tail moth quarantine (No. 45) 132 
List of articles exempt from certification requirements under the gvpsy moth and brown-tail 
moth quarantine (B. E. P. Q. 386, fifth revision).. 132 
Instructions to postmasters 133 
Announcement relating to Japanese beetle quarantine (No. 48) •_ 133 
Administrative instructions to inspectors on the treatment of nursery products, fruits, vege- 
tables, and soil for the Japanese beetle (B. E. P. Q. 499, supplement No. 1) 133 
Announcements relating to Mexican fruitfly quarantine (No. 64) 134 
Mexican fruitfly quarantine regulations extended 134 
Revision of regulations 134 
Notice to general public through newspapers. _'_ 139 
Instructions to postmasters 139 
Announcements relating to pink bollworm quarantine (No. 52) 139 
Conference on pink bollworm of cotton called for December 15, 1939 139 
Notice of conference to discuss the status of the pink bollworm in cotton in the United States. 140 
Cotton quarantine aeain extended in Texas 140 
Modification of pink bollworm quarantine regulations (amendment No. 3) 140 
Notice to general public through newspapers . 143 
Instructions to postmasters 143 
Announcement relating to white-fringed beetle quarantine (No. 72) 143 
Administrative instructions: modifying the restrictions of the white-fringed beetle quarantine 
by authorizine treatment by methvl bromide solution of balled nursery stock not larger than 
6 inches in thickness (B. E. P. Q. 503) 143 
Revocation of certain Oresron plant quarantines 144 
Penalties imposed for violations of the Plant Quarantine Act 144 
Organization of the Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine 147 
QUARANTINE AND OTHER OFFICIAL 
ANNOUNCEMENTS 
ANNOUNCEMENTS RELATING TO FRUIT AND VEGETABLE 
QUARANTINE (NO. 56) 
INSTRUCTIONS TO COLLECTORS OF CUSTOMS 
Customs Regulations — Plant Quarantine — Administrative Instructions 
Governing the Entry of Acorns and Chestnuts From. All Foreign Coun- 
tries Except Canada (T. D. 50011) 
Treasury Department, 
Office of the Commissioner of Customs, 
Washington, D. C, November 6, 1939. 
To Collectors of Customs and Others Concern* &: 
The appended Circular B. E. P. Q. 501, administrative instructions issued by 
the acting chief of the Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine, United 
States Department of Agriculture, August 21, 1939, governing the entry of acorns 
and chestnuts from all foreign countries except Canada, is published for the 
information and guidance of customs officers and others concerned. This circu- 
lar supersedes B. P. Q. Circular 344 which was not published as a Treasury 
decision. 
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